A Southern Resident killer whale whose calf died shortly after birth last month was finally seen swimming without the carcass 17 days later … according to scientists, who say her “tour of grief” is over. The Center for Whale Research announced…

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Consequently, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich should be 2018’s runaway winner in the least likable villain department—and also in the most ludicrous villain department (not to mention in the most bizarre reboot department). Because as genre aficionados will undoubtedly know, Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund’s horror film, in theaters and on VOD August 17, provides a fresh start to producer/director/mastermind Charles Band’s Puppet Master franchise—which began with David Schmoeller’s 1989 original, and now includes twelve installments in total, if one is generous enough to count 2004’s (non-canonical!) TV crossover effort Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys.

Given that prodigious lineage, you’re undoubtedly wondering to yourself, “Do I have to watch the first dozen Puppet Master movies to understand The Littlest Reich?” Rest assured, fellow gorehounds, you do not. While featuring many of the famous puppets from Brand’s predecessors, Laguna and Wiklund’s film (released under the Fangoria label) rewrites the saga’s origins for an all-new stand-alone tale that anyone can comprehend from the outset. To be sure, enjoying The Littlest Reich does require that viewers have a fondness for ethnically intolerant homicidal toys. But then, who doesn’t?

With just six days to go until the Galaxy Note 9 will be unveiled in New York City during Samsung’s second Unpacked press conference of the year, Samsung posted the promo video for the Galaxy Note 9 on its YouTube channel. It’s not that big of a deal, since we already knew everything there is…Business | New York Post

SEATTLE — An endangered orca that spends time in Pacific Northwest waters is still carrying the corpse of her calf one week after it died.

Experts with the Whale Museum on San Juan Island have been monitoring the 20-year-old whale, known as J35, since her calf died shortly after birth Tuesday. For days now, the whale has been balancing the dead calf on her forehead or pushing it to the surface of the water.

Giving a best man speech is daunting but it’s also a rite of passage for guys who want to give their best friend the right send-off. Here, experts break down how long the speech should be, what formalities to include and how to make people laugh without offending anyone.FashionBeans Full RSS Feed

After several decades of watching men commit the lion’s share of violence on TV, women have achieved true parity — getting a chance to shoot, stab, poison, castrate and otherwise dispose of anyone they want. Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) have embodied this bloodsport since 2011 in…Entertainment | New York Post

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom marks the fifth film in the Jurassic franchise. Not many film concepts have historically made it to a fifth film, with waning interest and falling box office receipts sealing their fates. But occasionally, a series of films comes along with enough staying power and appeal to warrant five — or more — films. Here are five times that’s happened — and been successful.

James Bond

James Bond is a franchise that will never die. Based on Ian Fleming’s espionage novel, the first Albert R. Broccoli-produced screen adaptation landed in 1962. That film was Dr. No, and starred Sean Connery in the lead role as the suave womanizing spy, James Bond. Connery would go on the reprise the role in six more films.

The fifth, You Only Live Twice, arrived on screens in 1967 and was part-Cold War thriller and part-space adventure with kung fu elements thrown in. It was the first time we saw SPECTRE foe Blofeld in the flesh — the antagonist in the film and the mastermind behind a plot involving the disappearance of American and Soviet spacecraft in a bid to spark war between the superpowers.

Thanks to a Roald Dahl-penned screenplay, You Only Live Twice was well received and performed strong at the box office.

Dirty Harry

A charismatic and engaging main character that’s central to a franchise can be a good gauge of the chances of sequels landing. Just as James Bond himself is the key to the success of Ian Fleming’s spy series, with endless exciting espionage adventures at the ready to build around him, so “Dirty” Harry Callahan is the element that made the Clint Eastwood cop franchise keep ticking. At least, until Eastwood himself decided to bow out for fear of his age turning Harry into a parody.

The Dead Pool was the fifth and final entry in the series. About a serial killer who manipulates a “dead pool” game featuring a list of named celebrities in order of when they might die, it was Eastwood’s last chance to coin some enduring catchphrases, including “You’re out of bullets. And you know what that means… you’re s–t outta luck.” The film also featured Jim Carrey in an early dramatic role, as well as Liam Neeson. Released in 1988, people are still keen to see another Dirty Harry sequel.

It introduces the Tesseract to the franchise, which would go on to become integral to future films. Most notably, in the most recent, critically appreciated team-up movie Avengers: Infinity War, in which ultimate villain Thanos uses it to enact his deadly plan of wiping out half the universe. Also noteworthy is the presence of Red Skull – a fan favourite villain who would also go on to make a spectacular return in Infinity War a full seven years later. Evans proved a hit in the role, while director Joe Johnstone worked wonders with the period setting.

The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious franchise is a juggernaut. Beloved by moviegoing petrolheads everywhere, 2017 saw the release of its 8th installment. Another two films have been announced, as well as a spin-off titled Hobbs and Shaw due for release in July 2019. It has even spawned an ambitious live show complete with spectacular real-life stunts, a cast of actors and an all-new story.

The franchise is one of the highest-grossing of all time. Fast Five marks the studio’s first big departure from its street racing blueprint, shifting gears to make the fourth sequel a heist movie. It broke records on its release and became the highest earner of the entire five-movie franchise. It blended comedy with high-octane action to thrill audiences and critics alike. The film did, however, come under fire for its portrayal of women and stereotypical depiction of Rio de Janeiro as a destination plagued by drug trafficking and corruption — as well as its 130-minute running time.

Harry Potter

If you love Harry Potter, there’s probably not a weak spot in the series for you. It helps that there’s a certain series of bestselling books to plunder from, of course. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix marks the franchise’s fifth installment and, again, critics and audiences loved it. It even picked up two BAFTA nominations. The film memorably features Helen Bonham Carter’s Bellatrix Lestrange.

The idea of an Academy Award winner starring in an action movie directed by John Woo is kinda mind-blowing, especially for longtime fans of the filmmaker's work. Add in a gender switch in the lead role and our intrigue immediately soars.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators hunting for the so-called Golden State Killer turned to searching genetic websites in 2017 but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect. A year later, after using a similar technique, they are confident they’ve caught the serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for four decades.Technology Headlines

Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspect in the “Golden State Killer” crime spree, started with burglaries and sexual assaults, but soon escalated his violence to murders.ABC News: Top Stories

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators hunting down the so-called Golden State Killer used information from genetic websites last year that led to the wrong man, court records obtained Friday by The Associated Press showed.U.S. Headlines

Michelle McNamara wrote a letter to the Golden State Killer, and it’s chilling in light of today’s arrest

It has been more than 30 years since the serial killer known as the Golden State Killer murdered his last victim. And today, April 25th, after decades of searching, Sacramento police have arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo in connection to the case. Since the arrest was announced, true crime writer Michelle McNamara’s posthumously published book, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, is being credited with restoring interest in the case. And fans are pointing to a particularly haunting letter addressed to the killer at the end of her book.

The serial killer is believed to be responsible for the rape of more than 45 women and the deaths of 12 people from 1976 to 1986. Until DeAngelo’s apprehension it was unclear if the Golden State Killer — also called the Original Night Stalker and the East Area Rapist — was still alive, although the FBI estimated that if he was, he would be between 60 and 75 years old. But McNamara was convinced that the criminal was still out there, as is evident in the letter to the Golden State Killer.

McNamara’s admonishment of the serial killer was published on January 10th in the New Yorker, a little more than one month before her widower, comedian Patton Oswalt, would publish I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. In the letter, McNamara painstakingly imagined the Golden State Killer’s arrest, writing about him opening his door to, presumably, face the police.

“Take one of your hyper, gulping breaths. Clench your teeth. Inch timidly toward the insistent bell,” she wrote in the letter. “This is how it ends for you. ‘You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,’ you threatened a victim once. Open the door. Show us your face. Walk into the light.”

In a press conference today at 12 p.m. PDT, Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones relayed the details of DeAngelo’s arrest, saying that, just like in McNamara’s letter, the suspect had been arrested without a struggle after he stepped outside of his home.

We are simultaneously in awe of McNamara’s incredible reporting and heartbroken that she isn’t here to see her work pay off. But even so, it’s clear that her book has had a huge impact on the case. We just hope that, after evading prison for decades, the Golden State Killer will be brought to justice.

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“You can’t continue to be the lackey,” he said. “You’re a lackey of the progressive movement because you have never disagreed with the people who tell you what to do.”

"I told my kids on the school walkout, I love you, if you walkout that school, walkout my house…we are not a family that jumps on every single thing an ally of ours does because some stuff we just don’t agree with.” –@KillerMike#MarchForOurLivespic.twitter.com/Gx8JLntmZ8

Killer Mike, who has spoken out in favor of gun ownership in the past, also said he told his children not to participate in school walkouts organized to protest gun violence, and said he encouraged his daughter to get a gun after a shooting on her college campus.

“I told my kids on the school walkout, ‘I love you. If you walk out that school, walk out my house,’” he said.

The interview attracted a range of reactions online, with some viewers praising the rapper’s decision to share his thoughts, and others taking issue with either his message or his decision to share it on an NRA platform.

I love Killer Mike.Thats my brother. He made some excellent points about Black gun ownership. The problem is, he is talking about it on the NRA platform & the NRA could give LESS THAN A DAMN about protecting Black people's 2nd Amendment rights. Ask the family of Philando Castille

There is a very intelligent conversation that needs to be had to improve our country, but that conversation needs to take into account all view points. People like @KillerMike speaking out have completely different reasons to own guns than others will. All sides should be heard.

After three package bombs rattled Austin, Texas this month, police warned locals to be wary of strange boxes outside their homes. But the latest attack, a tripwire bomb that injured two people on Sunday, suggests the bomber is changing their tactics to stay ahead of law enforcement, two former investigators in the Unabomber case say.

“They understand that law enforcement has been telling people, ‘Look out on your front porch. If it doesn’t say UPS or Amazon or FedEx, call the police,’” former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt told The Daily Beast on Monday.

Van Zandt is credited with helping identify Ted Kaczynski as the Unabomber. From 1978 to 1995, Kaczynski mailed bombs (mostly to researchers and scholars) that killed three people and wounded 23 others.

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Last year, the elephant in the room at the Academy Awards was the newly-elected President Donald Trump. This time, there were many more elephants for host Jimmy Kimmel to address, starting with the biggest, most disgusting one of them all: Harvey Weinstein.

PRINCETON, N.J. (Reuters) – More than 1.5 million customers remained without power throughout the eastern United States early on Sunday, and communities on the New England coast faced more flooding two days after a powerful storm snapped trees, downed wires and killed at least nine people.

A man accused of killing a 19-year-old Colorado woman claims she placed a Craigslist ad asking to be murdered.

Joseph Lopez, 22, claims he didn’t know Natalie Bollinger before the Broomfield, Colorado teenager allegedly wrote a disturbing Craigslist post. “I want to put a hit on myself,” Bollinger allegedly wrote on her local Craiglist’s “women seeking men” section in late December, according to an affidavit first reported by Denver7. Lopez claims he answered the post posing as a hitman. Then, cops say, his make-believe profession became real.

Police found Bollinger’s body in a wooded area on a dairy farm on December 29. Her boyfriend had reported her missing the previous day. The boyfriend’s Glock pistol was also missing from his home, he told police, according to the affidavit.

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Killer Mike and T.I. are turning their attention to politics as the two rappers will advise new Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on her first-term agenda and her Administration’s recruitment.

The 38-person team – which also includes CEOs, religious leaders, and educators – will be tasked with advising Mayor Bottoms as she finalizes her first-term agenda and appoints cabinet members, noisey.com reports.

“I am grateful to announce this 38-strong transition team,” Bottoms said at a press conference. “It represents a tremendous amount of diversity and depth, and really the best and the brightest in the city of Atlanta.”

On Instagram, Killer Mike wrote on Instagram that he and T.I. would work alongside Bottoms to make Atlanta a more equitable place. “Remember all those ‘ig haters saying what they wish rappers and athletes wud do with their time, Money and resources’. Well now that it’s happening u can STFU complaining and get active locally to help me, @troubleman31 & our New Mayor Make Atlanta a city where all its citizens can do the same no matter fame or status.”

Tip has been a longtime vocal critic of police brutality and his transition into the political arena confirms that he’s ready to do his part to make some lasting social changes.

If you are wondering how his estranged wife Tiny feels about him getting into politics, an insider claims she is very proud of her man and she’s sure he’ll make a difference.

The latest picture from Zac Efron’s serial killer movie has him smoldering and scheming

Prepare to feel very conflicted, because Zac Efron just posted another photo from his upcoming Ted Bundy movie and it’s pretty unsettling.

It goes without saying that Zac Efron is one of the most gorgeous human beings on the face of the Earth. For over a decade, he’s been charming us with that smile, those eyes, and by playing an insane amount of generally likable, harmless guys in a wide range of films. But after dazzling us in The Greatest Showman, Efron has officially switched gears and is currently filmingExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, where he plays one of the United States’ most notorious serial killers.

This is going to come a surprise to longtime Efron stans, but based on the photos from set, we have a feeling you’re probably not going to be able to find Efron attractive while watching this movie. We know, it’s a bold statement, but somehow we think it’s true.

Extremely Wicked follows the infamous story of serial killer Ted Bundy, from his killings and capture to the trial and sentencing, from the perspective of Bundy’s girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins), who was completely in the dark regarding his nefarious and horrific crimes. John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, and Angela Sarafyan also star in the film.

This latest post is our second glimpse at Efron as Bundy. Earlier in January, Efron posted a first look at his character, which appears to feature Bundy posing for his mugshot after finally being captured.

This is how the accused killer of the California Ivy league student gets his kicks — by pretending to crush a friend’s skull on a concrete block. While the teen on the ground with his head propped on the yellow parking barrier was unharmed, the photo reveals a disturbing fascination with violence. But the chilling…News | New York Post

You’d be hard-pressed to find a darker subject matter for a novel than that of Lullaby by Leila Slimani. Following the story of a murderous nanny, the novel has already kicked up a storm of controversy and debate in France under its original name Chanson Douce, selling over 100,000 copies in its first week alone.

Now a fierce bidding war for the rights has brought the translation of the book out in the UK and 19 other countries around the world.

So what’s all the fuss about? The book sets out to shock from the very first sentence, opening with a scene that taps into every parent’s worst nightmare, when a mother comes home from work to find her two young children have been murdered by their nanny.

After this gruesome first chapter, Lullaby by Leila Slimani jumps back to the year before, when middle class Parisian couple Myriam (a lawyer) and husband Paul (a music producer) employ Louise to look after their two young children. The experienced 40-year-old nanny comes with impeccable credentials and glowing references, the children instantly take to her and after a week Paul and Myriam are boasting to their friends that they’ve found the ‘perfect’ childminder.

But of course things are not what they seem, though we’ll leave you to find out exactly why.

The book is tightly written, but besides the nightmarish premise, in its 200 pages Slimani also cleverly drills down into the parent-nanny dynamic, one so often loaded with judgement and guilt, particularly for women.

Before Louise’s arrival we see the book’s heroine Myriam oscillate between intense love for her children and frustration at the loss of identity motherhood often entails, a feeling many readers with children (Slimani herself has a five-year-old son) will identify with. ‘Maybe we can only really be happy’ Myriam thinks, ‘when we don’t need one another. When we have a life that belongs to us.’

Leila Slimani, the author of Lullaby: ‘I’m getting stuck into two huge taboos, child murder and the place of the mother today, so I expected a reaction’

There are also points later in the book when the couple seem to take advantage of Louise’s seemingly boundless work ethic, like taking her on holiday to Greece with them ostensibly as a ‘treat’, only to leave her minding the children all day.

‘The subject came from the fact that I myself had nannies growing up in Morocco,’ said French-Moroccan Slimani at a press conference after winning the prestigious Prix Goncord award for the novel (the French equivalent of the Booker) ‘at 7 or 8, I was already very sensitive to the very strange position they had in the house; they were both women we loved as mothers, and strangers. I was always touched by their difficult position, sometimes by the humiliations they might go through.’

Lullaby by Leila Slimani will be published by Faber in January 2018

The devastating opening scene of the book is strikingly similar to the case of Manhattan nanny Yoselyn Ortega, who murdered two children under her watch – Lucia and Leo Krim – before attempting suicide by stabbing herself in the neck, though Slimani told The Telegraph the plot of Lullaby is entirely fictional.

She also said she was prepared for a potential backlash. ‘In terms of any controversy, I’m getting stuck into two huge taboos: child murder and the place of the mother today, so I expected a reaction,’ says Slimani. ‘Because the mother I write about is a woman who doesn’t want to be stuck at home, wants to work and sees the nanny as someone who can free her from her role as a mother. And that is something so many women feel but won’t admit. Because there’s still this idea that women are ‘abandoning’ their children when they go off to work. And yet nobody thinks that of men.’

Run the Jewels — the hip-hop duo of Killer Mike and El-P — and Prophets Of Rage — the group uniting members of Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill — have been two of music’s most outspoken critics of the current presidential administration in 2017. Thus, it was a little surprising to […]

A police officer taunted the Jacksonville man who shot him multiple times last year by taking out a tube of K-Y Jelly personal lubricant in court Wednesday and saying, “You are going to need a lot of this,” local reports said.FOX News

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GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel agreed Friday to move ahead with talks to define and possibly set limits on weapons that can kill without human involvement, as human rights groups said governments are moving too slowly to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence that could put computers in control one day.Technology Headlines

The gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a Texas church was able to buy weapons because the Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction to the federal database that is used to conduct background checks on would-be gun purchasers, authorities said Monday.Top Headlines

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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas—Devin Kelley suffered three gunshot wounds, according to an official with the Texas Department of Public safety. Two of the wounds were inflicted by a bystander, and one by Kelley himself. The self-inflicted wound was fatal. First Baptist Church neighbor Stephen Willeford said he heard a commotion next door where Kelley killed 26 people and injured 20 more. Willeford confronted Kelley, and the two exchanged fire. Willeford and another man chased Kelley in a vehicle. Kelley apparently killed himself in his car several miles away.

Is this a joke? That's the first reaction you have when you hear the title – but the joke's on you. My Friend Dahmer, which chronicles Jeffrey Dahmer's senior year in high school before he graduated and became infamous for being a serial-killing cannibal, is a warped wonder of a movie that takes twisted to areas few have investigated.

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ATMORE, Ala. — A convicted cop killer who sued Alabama over its lethal injection method was put to death Thursday night, but not before he cursed at the state and said: “I hate you.” As the procedure began, Torrey Twane McNabb, 40, raised both of his middle fingers in a show of defiance. McNabb’s attorneys…News | New York Post

Three deadly king cobras were illegally shipped into the country under cover of U.S. postage stamps and potato chips. Federal agents arrested a California man for smuggling the killer reptiles using the U.S. Postal Service back in March. The snakes…

My recently deceased husband wore hearing aids in both ears. I’m serious when I say they likely saved our marriage. And to be honest, since he lost both of them in the nursing home where he spent his final few weeks, I can’t even be sure he heard me when I told him that I loved him for the last time.

Hearing loss is a big, big deal. And the fact that the population is aging and the number of people living with impaired hearing is projected to jump considerably meansit’s about to becomean even bigger deal, according to a study published online this week by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Let me paint a picture for you of what that looks like when you are married to someone who can’t hear well:

Conversation, as you know it, gradually comes to a complete halt. Communication is reduced to a series of nouns shouted out. Restaurants will be picked based not on the quality of the food, but on their acoustics. Going to parties becomes a whole lot less fun because of the noise level of the room; you will eventually resort to taking separate cars so that the person with hearing loss can leave early. The television volume will become a point of contention, as will the distraction caused by closed captions.

Actually, many things become contentious. When people can’t hear well, they frequently interrupt other speakers. They mishear words and jump into conversations inappropriately. And denial of hearing loss is a real thing. “You’re mumbling,” my husband always said in frustration, deflecting his inability to hear.

The study reported that the number of adults in the U.S. aged 20 or older with hearing loss is expected to gradually increase from 44 million in 2020 (15 percent of all adults), to 74 million by 2060 (23 percent), based on population projections, according to a press release.

The biggest increase will be among older adults, Goman told HuffPost. She urged that attention be paid now to prevention strategies. Better to preserve our hearing than deal with its loss.

Hearing loss can be caused by any number of things, including loud blasts of noise, music played at excessive volume, sudden changes in pressure, poking your eardrum with an object, and plain old ear-wax buildup. And yes, of course, aging. The degeneration of delicate inner-ear structures occurs over time. Even medications, such as the antibiotic gentamacin and certain chemotherapy drugs, can damage the inner ear. Diseases or illnesses that come with a high fever, such as meningitis, may harm the cochlea.

According to a survey by the British firm HearingDirect.com ― yes, they sell hearing aids and related products ― ongoing deafness can promote marital breakdown to the point of divorce. The site surveyed about 1,000 people over age 40 who had worsening hearing loss and found that 33 percent said it led to arguments with their spouse. Taking things one step farther, the site noted in an unpublished paper that the divorce rate among couples with one partner suffering from mild hearing loss was similar to current population norms. But marriages where one partner had severe hearing loss ended in divorce at four times the rate of the population norm. Unscientific, for sure, but it fits with my own anecdotal evidence.

I still recall the straw that broke my back when my late husband’s hearing had degenerated to the point I just couldn’t stand it any longer. We were on vacation in Kauai and eager to try a highly recommended new restaurant. The place was so popular that we waited an hour for our table, despite having a reservation. Once seated, the problem became immediately apparent. The sleek new eatery was minimalistic in design: High ceilings and nothing on the walls to absorb the sounds of a bustling eatery. Between the clanking of dishes, the ambience music and the surrounding conversations amplified as people shouted to be heard, it was pure chaos for anyone who, like my husband, suffered hearing loss. His face said it all. We left without ordering, both of us feeling deflated.

I told him that night that I couldn’t continue our lives like this. He got hearing aids in both ears as soon as we got home, and the improvement was astounding.

But there’s something that still needs to change: Medicare should cover hearing exams and hearing aids for those who need them, and currently it doesn’t, with a few exceptions. This safety net that provides medical coverage to those 65 and older omits the things that, arguably, seniors need the most: vision coverage, dental coverage and the ability to correct hearing loss.

The reality is that our increasing longevity is nice and all. But we still need to hear. And for too many of us, that won’t be possible.

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Killer Mike appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night and was very candid about his opinion of Bill O’Reilly.

“I like Bill O’Reilly as a character,” the Run the Jewels rapper said, prompting the host to laugh. “I hate how white people take him so seriously,” Mike continued. “He’s more full of shit than an outhouse.”

The rapper stuck by his belief that O’Reilly puts up a “fictitious” facade. But Maher disagreed slightly, saying that the political commentator’s temperament was no act. O’Reilly “may be full of shit,” Maher said, “but it’s sincere shit.”

If there is anything that irritates me more, than a married man cheating on his wife, I don’t know what it is.” Many things irritated Gail; men cheating on their wives were just one of them. Online chatrooms were full of men, seeking to meet with her in secret. Chatting online filled a need within her. Mostly, she played along with their silly games. The chat room was just a place to hang out and pass time while dinner was cooking. One day, she made a new helpful friend online. Clementine and Gail were so much alike, they could have been sisters. However, do you ever really know who is typing those messages on the other end?

Tuffy doesn’t feel wanted at home any more. His owners just don’t appreciate him. So what if he broke the new TV? Got fur on all Dad’s clean clothes? Ate Tinkerbell the kitten’s special kitten-food? All accidents! But they’re making such a fuss! So Tuffy decides to make a break for it. He bids farewell to the gang – Snowball, Tiger and Bella – and runs away. But starting a new life isn’t easy, and soon Tuffy starts to wonder if he’s made a terrible mistake . . .

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